My Kind of Town - Medley
Originally by Frank Sinatra, (unknown)
Released on Jimmy Van Heusen Plays Jimmy Van Heusen (1966)
- Aliases
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Ada Kurtz
Kurt Adams
Ted Johnson [US1]
- Real name
- Edward Chester Babcock
- Born
- January 26, 1913
- Died
- February 6, 1990
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00014047817
102 works
00219748050 6 works
- Affiliation
- ASCAP
- Comments
- Composer of popular music and pianist. In his career, among other honors, Van Heusen was nominated ten times for the Academy Award for Best Song in a Motion Picture, winning four times. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971. He employed many aliases, often complicating songwriting credits by using the same names as other songwriters including Ada Kurtz and Ted Johnson. This is not the Ted Johnson who was associated with Dude Martin. Also note "Ada Kurtz" is similar to "Kurt Adams." another alias he used.